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131Singer, Isaac Merritt — born Oct. 27, 1811, Pittstown, N.Y., U.S. died July 23, 1875, Torquay, Devon, Eng. U.S. inventor and manufacturer. He became an apprentice machinist at 19. He patented a rock drilling machine (1839) and a metal and wood carving machine (1849)… …
132singer-songwriters — ▪ music Introduction professional troubadours performing autobiographical songs who ascended in the early 1970s to the forefront of commercial pop in the wake of the communal fervour of 1960s rock. For the baby boom generation that had… …
